2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl: Welcome to the Main Event
by David Fucillo on Jan 25, 2010 7:00 AM PST
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PrintThis past weekend a variety of all stars took part in the 85th Annual Shrine Game down in Orlando, Florida. Although there were certainly some solid players taking part in that game, this coming weekend is when the "main event" goes down. The annual Senior Bowl, in Mobile, Alabama, features some of the best talent the country has to offer. It obviously lacks underclassmen, but it provides a whole host of talented players to observe and project in April's draft. After this week, the next big draft event is the NFL Scouting Combine at the end of February, so this is one more chance to check out the talent.
For those looking for more information on the Senior Bowl participants, the NFL Network will be airing various practices throughout the week. Today the Network will broadcast the first training session from 12:30-2:00 p.m. PT on Monday. Tomorrow through Thursday, the Network will air the twice-daily workouts from noon-1 and 3:00-4:00. Additionally, Scouts Inc will have practice reports, so I'll try and pass along pertinent information.
In the meantime, we've got a whole host of resources at our disposal. After the jump, I've got some some info from Scouts Inc worth considering as we move through this week. For now, here are the rosters and then four links from Mike Mayock and NFL.com:
The folks at Scouts Inc put together a nice little preview (Insider protected), that looks at some of the players and some of the big storylines that will take center stage this week in Mobile. They put together a list of the best players on each team. Some that 49ers fans might want to pay attention to include OT Trent Williams (Oklahoma) and S Taylor Mays (USC) on the South side, and a pair of guards on the North side: Vladimir Ducasse (UMass) and Mike Iupati (Idaho).
Williams and Mays also showed up on their list of players with something to prove. We've talked plenty about Taylor Mays, and it seems generally as though there are two rather distinct camps when it comes to him. I know there are people who fall in the middle, but it seems that generally people are either all about Mays, or really want nothing to do with him. According to Scouts Inc (and anybody can confirm with their own info), Williams moved from the right tackle position to the left tackle position in 2009 and struggled a bit. If that's the case, this would be a big week for him if he wants to make the big blind side money. And if not, well, the 49ers could certainly use a right tackle at some point in the draft.
Given the rosters linked above, are there any under the radar players any of you feel we should all be keeping an eye on this week?
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Quick fyi
Everyone in Mobile is saying Williams (and Brandon LaFell) are no longer participating.
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by Dan Kadar on Jan 25, 2010 7:29 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Both are making a big mistake I feel
They both had questions about them after poorer than expected senior seasons. I think LaFell has more to lose however.
/thud/
That’s Cody’s draft stock hitting rock bottom.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Some weigh-ins for the South team
http://draftbreakdown.com/weigh-in-results-south-team
Myron Rolle is apparently very chiseled and has kept himself in great football shape.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
Arenas comes in under 5'9
That could definitely hurt him unless he absolutely kills it at the combine
North weigh-ins
http://draftbreakdown.com/weigh-in-results-north-team
DB Brandon Ghee of Wake Forest has 10" hands. That’s freakin’ huge
Pay attention to Joique Bell of the North team. He might be the best Division II player to come out. Had two 2000 yard seasons. Can catch and run and return.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
noticed you posted in the draft forum at the Webzone Smileyman……i love reading the info from there, particularly Maddog and OTC, but i don’t bother posting since there are so many idiots there
by HaloFanInDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
the draftforum is good
I avoid the general forum like the plague as I want to throw 99% of those posters out the window.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
Told you Ghee was a beast.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Jan 25, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon Graham
Came in a little short and doesn’t exactly have the longest arms….that definitely could hurt….he seems to be a solid second round pick, but i don’t think he makes it into the first round
McCoy over Suh?!?
Is Maylock just trying to hike up traffic with that ranking?
Smiley, where are you watching the practices?
He’s got Ryan Matthews really high too.
He’s puffing.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Jan 25, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
In the opinion of Colt McCoy
Suh was the best DL he has seen.(Not his words) And McCoy and McCoy are in the same conference, meaning they have played against each other more than once(3 times I believe).
I think it's based on their different skill sets
Mayock seems to think that McCoy is a better pass rusher which will be more valuable in a pass oriented league, while Suh is better at stopping the run. However he also clearly lists them as the two best college players right now so I think he’s really got them at 1a and 1b and then the other tackles lagging behind.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
Ducassse looked really good against Odrick at LT
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
Dude from Walterfootball.com
on Taylor Mays:
Built like a greek god
Tim Tebow:
Bulky, walks on water
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
Mayock brings up valid concerns about Mays
regarding his lack of INTs and FFs
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
/facepalm
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by SportsChicken on Jan 25, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
There is going to be a ton of players in this game… can’t wait for it!
Tim Tebow = 1,432,219 season tickets next year. Who wouldn't pick him in the 1st round with those projections?
Heck
there’s a ton of players just counting Cody! LOL
by ChesapeakeBay9er on Jan 26, 2010 5:35 AM PST up reply actions
Some videos from the South practices
Linemen drills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TVJO1QDCVk
Tebow throwing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czzT6Rm8wTI
Other QBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S20hlVjZO6g
Follow this guy on twitter—he’s updating regularly from the practices.
http://twitter.com/draftbreakdown
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
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